"This is all new to us," said Alan Horn, president of Warner Brothers.

Alan Horn, a former television production executive and chief operating officer of 20th Century Fox Film, is now the chief executive.

The decision was purely financial, and Alan Horn said, "There were no delays.

On 22 January 2010, Alan Horn said the first film would likely not be released until the fourth quarter of 2012.

Brown later got a call from Alan Horn at Castle Rock Entertainment who was anxious to make the film.

"We're looking for a type consistent with the comic book," Alan Horn, president of Warner Brothers Entertainment, said.

Alan Horn, the studio's president, said he thought the film had managed the feat, but audiences didn't, and the film has grossed $36 million so far.

Alan Horn, chairman of Castle Rock Entertainment, a division of the studio, was named president and chief operating officer.

"We're very proud of 'Polar Express,"' Alan Horn, the studio president, said in an interview on Friday.

He was succeeded by Rob Reiner, an experienced director and a good friend of Alan Horn, the Warner studio chief.